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Palaestra articles from September 1991
This magazine focuses on sports, physical education and recreation for individuals with disabilities. It features articles on the activities of various disability sports organizations and all aspects of human anatomy, kinesiology, psychology and sociology that can be applied to training, skill technique and physical education.
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Palaestra archives from September 1991
How to gain weight healthfully.
September 22, 1991... For underweight athletes the struggle to gain weight can be a frustrating battle. They complain about having to spend too much time eating, to say nothing of having to spend too much money on alot of food. Food seems a medicine, eating a...
Reflections on the 1991 World Winter Games for the Deaf.
September 22, 1991... Nestled in such magnificence, events of the 12th World Winter Games for the Deaf (WWGD) called forth independence of the deaf sport movement. Competing in WWGD is the ultimate experience for many elite deaf athletes. For some, competition...
The Victory Games: Milestone on the Road to Barcelona. (includes related articles on the opening and closing ceremonies and the participating sports teams)
September 22, 1991... The Victory Games in Nassau County, NY, marked several firsts for disabled athletes. This event was the first integrated joint national competition. In the past each of the five sport organizations (the U.S. Association for Blind Athletes,...
The integration of athletes with disabilities in amateur athletics: 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival.
September 22, 1991... Los Angeles, California, was the location for the 1991 U.S. Olympic Festical and competition for over 3,000 athletes with and without disabilities from across the United States. The Olympic Festical is designed to further the development of...
T.R.I.K.E.S.: a cycling program for students with mental handicaps. (Toward the Recreational Independence and Knowledge of Exceptional Students)
September 22, 1991... Most of us take riding a bike for granted. We have done it most of our lives and can barely remember the first time we went without training wheels. Can you remember that feeling of freedom the first time you were on your own on a two...
From schools to community: achieving independence and community integration through leisure education. (mainstreaming in education)
September 22, 1991... Introduction
According to the Office of Special Education (1987), approximately 190,000 students with disabilities graduate from public schools each year. Although these students are prepared for transition into adult life through...
Pass the adrenalin, please. (handicapped rock climbers, includes related article on SOAR, Shared Outdoor Adventure Recreation)
September 22, 1991... If skiing is like chugging a shot glass of adrenalin after every tip up the lift, rock climbing is like sipping it from a beer stein all day long. Never mind that the safety rope would easily hold a Toyota: rock climbing taps an ancient,...
World Wheelchair Weightlifting Championships. (National Wheelchair Athletic Association)
September 22, 1991... The World Wheelchair Weightlifting Championships, hosted by the National Wheelchair Athletic Association and the U.S. Wheelchair Weightlifting Federation, were held August 8-11, at The University of Rhodel Island's Keaney Gymnasium. As the...
Are researchers missing the boat on inclusion? (mainstreaming in education)
September 22, 1991... The title of this article is intended to suggest that the manner in which many research studies on inclusion are formulated is inappropriate for finding solutions. If research questions continue to be formulated under models which do not view...
APAC action. (Adapted Physical Activity Council project for adapted physical education standards)
September 22, 1991... Purpose
of the Project
PL94-142 required that appropriate physical education services be provided to all students who qualify for special education services. Unfortunately, the regulations for PL94-142 (now IDEA) did not define...
The Ramp of Hope.
September 22, 1991... Designed to dispel society's stereotypes of individuals with disabilities, this video is about dedication of a new wheelchair ramp--The Ramp of Hope--at a mythical town hall with the well intended but unknowingly patronizing, condescending...
B-Ball: The Team that Never Lost a Game.
September 22, 1991... This documentary, based on the book B-Ball: The Team That Never Lost A Game, captures the essence of the special and unique basketball team which has represented the Recreation Center for the Handicapped (Sand Francisco, CA) for some 12 years....
Perceptual Motor Development Series.
September 22, 1991... This practical, well-illustrated series of successful movement education activities has been tested in primary physical education classes and regular classrooms throughout the United States. These activities are foundations for physical...
Motor Development, Adapted Physical Activity and Mental Retardation.
September 22, 1991... Origin of this publication was a Symposium on Motor Development and Adapted Physical Activity conducted as part of the 8th International Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency (IASSMD) in August,...
Braille illiteracy: emerging concern - new challenge.
September 22, 1991... Two factors tend to inhibit blind and low vision individuals from leisure participation: transportation and lodging. With the recent passage of the Americans with Disability Act of 1990, the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers...